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F. G. TALLMA -N. MAGHIIETE FORGOILING WIRE RODS.

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MACHINE FOR GOILING WIRE RODS,

(No ModeL) U ITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK G. TALLMAN, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

MAC HINE' FOR COILING.W|RE RODS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 412,564, dated October 8, 1889.

Application filed March 5, 1889- Serial No. 301,908- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK G. TALLMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements ,in Machines for Coiling Wire Rods; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for coiling wire or metallic rods used in the manufacture of wire into coils or bundles.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and reliable machine for the coiling into bundles of the metallic rods, dispensing with the expensive reeling devices now in common use, and also the services of several skilled workmen, and at the same time employing but a small space of the mill-floor for the purpose.

My invention consists of a ,revoluble horizontal pipe orv tube communicating with the guide which conducts the rodsfrom the rolls, saidpipe being curved or bent at its outer end to form the rod into spirals as it emerges therefrom, and a horn-shaped standard located in the path of the spirals to catch or arrest the spirals in their aerial flight. My invention consists, further, in certain details of construction, which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of the ordinary form of rodforming roller frame and guide -pipe, showing my "improved coiler and standard and the preferred manner of locating the same relative to each other. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of roller-frame and also my improved coiler, showing the standard made movable to permit them to be brought into the proper position to receive the coils and to be moved, when properly filled, to discharge the coil therefrom. Fig.

3 is a side elevation of one form of standard,

wherein one part of its holding or receiving face is formed in hooked, saw tooth, or stepped form in the direction of its length to prevent the coils from slipping therefrom until brought into proper position to be discharged. Fig. 4 is a view of one means employed for adjusting the coiler or revolving pipe to or from the center of its movement, to provide for and permit the regulating of the shape of coil. Fig. 5 is a section through said pipe and its support or holder and also of the mechanism by which it is revolved. shows another manner of mounting the stand ard upon or around a revolving shaft, so that while one of the standards is receivinga coil the other can be having its coil removed.

The rollers B, for forming the wire, and the housings or, supports therefor, are con= structed in the ordinary or well-known manner. One end of a guide-pipe C is placed in front of rolls B and opposite the grooves,which grooves give the finished form to the rod, the office orfunction of which guide-pipe is to direct the rod and keep it in astraight line as it emerges fromthe rolls. In a suitable support or frame F, in linewith the pipe 0, is rnounted a hollow revolving sleeve E, having mounted thereon a band wheel or pulley G, to which motion is communicated from any suitable source of power. Mounted and made adjustable in this sleeve is a guide-pipe D, one end of which communicates with the pipe 0, while the other end extends out beyond the hollow sleeve E, and has its end bent or curved outward, as

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shown, and through which tube the rod is caused to pass from the pipe 0, and in the revolving movement of said guide D to cause the end to move in a circle, and by such movement consequent to the bentor curved form given to the guide-pipe to cause the wire as it emerges therefrom to assume a spiral or curved-form, the size or diameter of the spiral being determined by the rate of speed the sleeve carrying the guide-pipe is revolved relatively to the feed of the rolls-that is to say, if the rolls are set to deliver so many feet of rod per second, if the band-wheel is gearedto revolve the pipe once per second it would make a coil equal in circumference to the delivery of the rolls for one second, and if the band-wheel were speeded up to revolve the sleeve and guide-pipe twice per second the coil would, as a consequence, be of half the circumference of that made when the guide-pipe revolved but once per second, and so on, in a manner that will be readily understood. The shape of the coil is determined by the distance the end of the pipe is adjusted to or from the center of movement, the adjustment of the end being provided for by means of a rod or pipe passing through a slot in the sleeve and engaging the pipe, and being held in its adjusted position in any preferred way. A standard I orcone-shaped holder and arrester is placed upon the floor in proper relation to the guidepipe, which holder and arrester has its upper end or apex curved inward toward the revolving guidepipe to bring said end into proper relation to the pipe, so as to catch the coils as formed and discharged therefrom. It will thus be seen that by passing the wire out through the curved revolving pipe said wire will be thrown forward as it emerges therefrom into a spiral coil, and by locating the standard in a proper relation thereto it will catch and hold the coils thus formed in a manner that will be readily understood.

To provide for the removal of the coils when of sufficient size without stopping the feed for any or for a great length of time, I either mount a series of standards upon a carrier M, actuated in any suitable manner, so that said standards may be moved or brought successively into proper position to receive, and afterward, when properly filled, to discharge the coils therefrom; or two or more standards may be mounted upon opposite sides of a central shaft, as shown in Fig. 6, so that while one is receiving the coil the other one can be having its coil removed. As will be readily seen, two or more standards may be mounted on the shaft; but this and like modifications in the manner of bringing the standard into position to receive the coil and to permit the dis charge thereof will be readily apparent with out further description.

When removing the coils from the standard or receivers, the last few coils are apt to slip up and over the point of the receiver by reason of the end hanging or sticking in the bent pipe, thus causing a long loose end to drop. To remedy this, I form the standard or receiver with a roughened, hooked, sawtooth, or stepped portion 1 in the direction of its length, so that the coils will catch thereon, and by the engagement thereof with the rod prevent the end from slipping from the standard. The bent pipe or guide is provided with a removable nozzle or end D to provide for the renewal of the same as it becomes worn withoutnecessitating the renewal of the entire pipe.

When the traveling carrier is employed, I 10- cate in the path of the standards afender-wall N, which will engage the coil and cause the same to be discharged from the standard. In this connection, also, I employ stops to engage the oarrier or the standard, and automatically stop and hold the same when they reach the proper point in front of the delivery-pipe.

Having now described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a set of rolls, of a curved and revolving guide-pipe placed at the delivery end of the fixed pipe or guide and on a line therewith, whereby the rod as it emerges from the revolving guide is formed into loops, as set forth. I

2. In a device for coiling metal rods as they emerge from the rolls, a revoluble horizontal pipe or tube communicating with the guide which conducts the rods from the rolls, said pipe being curved or bent atits outer end so as to describe a circle and form the rods into loops 01' spirals while in theiraerial flight, and a standard or supporting device for arresting and retaining the coils.

3. In a device for coiling metal rods as they emerge from the rolls, a horizontal revolving guide-tube having its outer end curved or bent, as described, to form the rods into spirals while in their aerial flight, in combination with a curved or horn-shaped standard to catch and retain said coils.

4. The revolving curved guide, in combination with a movable support having the standards mounted thereon, substantially as described, whereby the same may be successively filled and discharged, as set forth.

5. The revolving curved guide-pipe provided with the removable end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The hornshaped holder or arrester arranged in relation to the forming-rolls, substantially as described, whereby the same is adapted to receive a rod in process of coiling, and constructed with its point or apex to receive the rod as it is coiled and being enlarged as it recedes toward its base, as set forth.

7. The cone or horn shaped holder or arrester arranged to receive a rod in process of being coiled, provided with a hooked, sawtooth, or notched back, and with its point or apex to receive the rod as it is coiled, and said holder being enlarged as it recedes from the apex to its base, and with saidbase arranged at right angles (more or less) with the line of direction of its apex, as set forth.

8. The combination, with a traveling carrier, of the holders or standards arranged thereon, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with a traveling car- 5 rier, of the holders or standards arranged thereon, and a fender-wall for removing the coils from the holders, as set forth.

10. The combination of a revolving bent pipe to form the rod into coils, the rolls for 10 feeding the same to the pipe, a holder or standard to receive the coils, and a device for engaging the coils and removing them from the standard, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK G. TALLMAN. Witnesses:

FRED N. BEEGLE, J. CHAS. IRWIN. 

